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Sadayuki Okazaki — 30 Patents

Panasonic: 16 patents #1,398 of 21,108Top 7%
Sumitomo Electric Industries: 14 patents #1,767 of 21,551Top 9%
Overall (All Time): #124,564 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time

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Showing 26–30 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
5962066 Method and device for manufacturing a thin film and magnetic recording medium Kazuyoshi Honda, Yoshiharu Maezawa, Masaru Odagiri 1999-10-05
5798135 Method for producing a magnetic recording medium having a carbon protective layer Hideyuki Ueda, Hiroshi Seki, Kenji Kuwahara, Mikio Murai, Kiyosi Takahasi +1 more 1998-08-25
5776602 Magnetic recording medium having a carbon protective film containing nitrogen and oxygen and overcoated with a lubricant Hideyuki Ueda, Kenji Kuwahara, Hiroshi Seki, Masaru Odagiri, Kiyoshi Takahashi +1 more 1998-07-07
5759710 Magnetic recording medium with a magnetic layer having a specific oxygen signal strength profile in the thickness direction Kazuyoshi Honda, Yoshiharu Maezawa, Masaru Odagiri 1998-06-02
5589263 Magnetic recording medium having a ferromagnetic metal thin film, a dry etched layer, a carbonaceous film, and a lubricant film Hideyuki Ueda, Hiroshi Seki, Kenji Kuwahara, Mikio Murai, Kiyosi Takahasi +1 more 1996-12-31